From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
The completion of a 10,000-mile test of car 98-NK in France, highlighting a fabric coupling failure.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 71\4\ scan0092 | |
| Date | 30th March 1925 | |
| R.R. 493A (50H) (D.B. 175 25-9-24) J.H.D. EXPERIMENTAL REPORT. Expl. No. X8940 REF: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}6/LG30.3.25. To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to CJ. BJ. c. to RG.{Mr Rowledge} ES. c. to DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} FN. c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} S E C R E T. 98-NK - COMPLETION OF 10,000 X. 8940 MILES TEST IN FRANCE. X. 8770 We attach a report on 98-NK car which has just completed 10,000 miles in France. There will be further reports to follow. The worst failure on this car is the fabric coupling. The fabric disc is practically destroyed and it would undoubtedly have collapsed altogether had it not been for the sheet metal covering which was fitted. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||